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Balgonie Estate lies just east of Glenrothes, in Fife, and is an open, arable farm of approximately 750 ha. Our project here, to encourage the modest grey partridge population to increase, began in 2014 when we started surveying grey partridge and songbird numbers before habitat changes were impl...
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Teresa Dent CBEChief Executive
Andrew Hoodless PhDDirector of Research
Jeremy PayneDirector of Fundraising
Roger Draycott PhDDirector of Advisory and Education
Rory KennedyDirector Scotland
Lee OliverInterim Director Wales
Alastair Leake PhDDirector...
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Mountain hares are hunted for sport and are killed as part of red grouse management and to protect some habitats.
This study found mountain hares were most widespread in northeast Scotland compared to other regions, whilst the greatest declines in range were in southwest Scotland.
Ma...
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This work was made possible with the kind support of The G & K L B Boyes Charitable Trust
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UK populations of several wader species are rapidly declining, most likely due to low breeding success.
Predation of eggs and chicks by generalist predators is thought to be a key driver of l...
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Although this paper is not published by GWCT scientists and does not necessarily represent the views of the GWCT, this summary has been produced for our members, and the wider public, to increase the accessibility of the scientific literature. It is important to remember that each individual pape...
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Red grouse are wild game birds, but they are susceptible to population cycles where numbers peak and crash, which are often driven by disease. These cycles can make it difficult to achieve a consistent shootable surplus, which also means that income, which helps offset some of the costs of managi...
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As the rate of climate change accelerates, so too does the rate at which climate-related records are surpassed. The 2015/2016 winter has gone down in history as the second wettest UK winter since records began, beaten only by the 2013/2014 winter. January 2014 was the wettest month in almost 250 ...
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A species in decline
Low breeding success
Pressures on breeding
Breeding curlew facts
What can I do?
A species in decline
The curlew we have in the UK is one of eight species found worldwide, two of which are already likely to be extinct. T...
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Summary
Pheasants are released into woodland pens across the UK lowlands. The potential impact of this on invertebrate populations in those woods is not fully understood.
Two recent studies have looked at ground invertebrates collected or sampled inside release pens throughout the summer, which ...
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Lee Oliver
Interim Director for WalesEmail: loliver@gwct.org.uk
Born and brought up on the beautiful Llŷn Peninsula, North Wales, Lee is a first language Welsh speaker and comes from a farming community where his grandfather farmed sheep and beef. Lee lives with his family of three children and ...
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